PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team traveled to Philadelphia to face Saint Joseph's. The Tigers (3-2) fell to Saint Joseph's 8-6 after being held scoreless in the third quarter.
 
Five Tigers finished with a goal with Valerie Thompson scoring her first collegiate goal.
 
Jo Torres made eight saves for the Tigers while Saint Joseph's Jorden Concordia totaled a career-high 19 saves.
 
Bonnie Yu registered a hat trick for the Hawks while Sarah Groark added two goals.
 
Key Stats vs Saint Joseph's:

• The Tigers outshot the Hawks 32-17.
• Towson totaled 11 draw controls compared to five for the Hawks.
• The Tigers registered seven free position shots to only one for Saint Joseph's.

 
How It Happened vs Saint Joseph's:

• The Hawks jumped out to an early lead after Bonnie Yu scored within the first three minutes.
• The Tigers evened the score at one apiece after Milana Zizakovic found Halley Koras cutting across the middle and fired the shot far post.
• Saint Joseph's scored on its next possession to take a 2-1 lead heading into the second quarter.
• The Hawks opened the second quarter with another goal to extend their lead to 3-1.
• Towson cut the lead in half when Lindsay Clarke found Valerie Thompson in the middle who fired a shot far post with two defenders on her that got past Concordia.
• Zizakovic tied the score at three after Concordia left the near post wide open for a shot.
• On the next possession, Lindsey Marshall scored after Zizakovic gave her a nice pass that Marshall buried in the corner to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead.
• Blair Pearre gave Towson a 5-3 lead after converting a free position attempt.
• The third quarter started with both teams going back and forth, but the Hawks broke their 20-minute scoring drought on a woman-up opportunity.
• The Hawks tied the score at five with 56 seconds left in the third quarter on Sarah Groark's first.
• Saint Joseph's opened the fourth quarter with a 3-0 run to take an 8-5 lead with 10:07 remaining.
• Zizakovic scored her second goal on a free-position attempt to trail 8-6 with 6:35 left.
• The Tigers had chances to close the gap, but the Hawks held to win 8-6.

Inside the Numbers vs Saint Joseph's:

• Milana Zizakovic has scored in 13 consecutive games.
• Blair Goodrich finished with a career-high three draw controls and four ground balls.
• Blair Pearre surpassed Carly Tellakamp for ninth all-time in goals with 129.

 
Next Game:
Towson hosts Central Michigan on Saturday, March 4th at noon at Tiger Field.